GARRISON: Dr. Oppenheimer had no responsibility in the selection or the clearance of Klaus Fuchs, did he? No. None at all. And you wouldn't want to leave this board with any suggestion today that you're here questioning his basic loyalty to the United States in the operation of Los Alamos? By no means. I hope I didn't lead anyone to believe otherwise for an instant. GRAY: Thank you, General. (wistful music playing)
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Is this a bad time? What do you think, Lewis? Well, I think it must have been a blow for you. For the world. The world? What does Fuchs mean to the rest of the world? Fuchs? Klaus Fuchs?
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LOMANITZ: Okay. (indistinct chatter) Thank you.
Oppenheimer
1.6s
Break a leg.
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MARSHALL: If a Russian bomb is inevitable, perhaps we should invite their top scientists to Trinity. President Truman has no intention of raising expectations that Stalin be included in the atomic project. Informing him of our breakthrough and presenting it as a means to win the war need not make unkeepable promises. But the Potsdam peace conference in July will be President Truman's last chance to have that conversation. Can you give us a working bomb by then?
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(tense music building)
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As far as I know. As far as I know, yes. But there-there may have been more than one person involved.
Oppenheimer
7.2s
But never stopped speaking his mind. A man of conviction. And maybe he thought fame could actually protect him.
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He was devastated when Truman rejected their recommendation.
Oppenheimer
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Where did you go? - I can't tell you. - Why not? Because you're a Communist.
KITTY: You shook his fucking hand? Oh, I would have spit in his face. Not sure the board would have appreciated that. KITTY: Is it not gentlemanly enough for you? Well, I-I think you're all being too goddamn gentlemanly. Gray must see what Robb is doing. Why doesn't he just shut him down? And you shaking Teller's hand. You need to stop playing the martyr.
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That's all. HILL: The record demonstrates that Oppenheimer was not interrogated by impartial and disinterested counsel for the Gray board. He was interrogated by a prosecutor who used all the tricks of a rather ingenious legal background. SENATOR SCOTT: You are charging now that the Gray board permitted a prosecution. If I were on the Gray board, I would have protested against the tactics of the man who served, in fact, as the prosecuting counsel. A man appointed not by the board but by Lewis Strauss. (people exclaim) Who was this?
Okay. We shouldn't keep them waiting. She'll be here. Do you even want her here? Only a fool or an adolescent presumes to know someone else's relationship, and you're neither, Lloyd. (door shuts) Kitty and I, we're grown-ups. We've walked through fire together. She'll do fine. GARRISON: Would you describe your views on Communism as pro, anti, neutral? KITTY: Very strongly against. I-I've had nothing to do with Communism in... since... since 1936, since... since before I met Robert.
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Watch that needle. If the detonators don't charge or the voltage drops below one volt, you hit that button, you abort. - Understood? - Understood.
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ROBERT: Here comes the birthday boy. - To gloat. - RUTH: Have fun.
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Anything less, they won't get what it is. What did Fermi mean by "atmospheric ignition"? Well, we had a moment where it looked like the chain reaction from an atomic device might never stop.